LIN 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Second Language, Phenylalanine, Metaknowledge
19 Nov 2017
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Second language acquisition acquired the first (adults or children) First language acquisition involves an initial linguistic experience, while a second language is mastered only by someone who already speaks another language. A first language is usually acquired in a context-rich, home environment. Children have been shown to show preference for their native language sounds very early in life. But, they come pre-wired to speak any language, so they can say all the sounds. They try to approximate them in some way by replacing them with the closest sound in their phonemic inventory. Because of issues of age and social identity, the adaptability and flexibility of learners decreases for 2nd language learners. Second language learners ordinarily have linguistic meta-knowledge that is lacking at least in the early stages of a first language. For decades, learning a second language was viewed as a matter of knowing and practicing the well-formed utterances of the target language.
